Paper keg.



M. LACHMAN.

PAPER KEG.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 28, I912.

Patented Oct. 31, 1916.

MAURICE LACHMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR T LACHMAN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 015 NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

PAPER KEG.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed .71 une 28, 1912. Serial No. 706,323.

p and State of New York, have invented cer- TIE tain new and useful Improvements in Paper Kegs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the construction of kegs, barrels and similar containers made of non-metallic material such as paper orv other similar fibrous substance.

The present invention particularly relates to the manner of securing the heads to the body.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a construction in which the heads can be secured direct to the paper body without mutilating the paper whereby the strength and solidity of the container will approximate that of one constructed of wood.

A further object is to provide a container, the body portion of which is constructed of paper, with paper reinforcing hoops cemented to' the body to form a practically unitary structure therewith.

A still further object is to provide a construction in this type of containers which will permit one of the heads to be securely fastened to the body before the other head to permit the container to be more conveniently filledand to allow it to lie around without actually finishing the construction.

In previous constructions wherein continuous stay members have been employed to fasten both heads to the body it has been impossible to secure one head without the' other as the stay members only fasten the heads in such constructions when both are secured. Also by the present construction when the fasteners for the heads are located between the body and the inner side of the hoops, the container, when cylindrical, can be smoothly rolled from one'place to the other.

To these ends the invention consists in the novel construction. of keggbarrel or other container and the parts thereof hereinafter more particularly described and then speclfied in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a central vertical section through one form of keg constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the same,

the fasteners being shown in unclamped position. Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken on the line was Fig; 1. Fig. 4c is a section taken through one of the hoops before being applied to the body of the container.

The invention is herein shown and described as applied to a keg or barrel but it will be understood that it may equally well be employed with containers of other forms or contours as for instance rectangular or square boxes or the like and the invention is therefore not to be considered as limited to the form shown.

When the invention is applied to kegs or barrels, the body of the keg or barrel consists preferably of a. cylinder of paper or other similar non-metallic material 1 formed in any desired manner. The cylinder 1 is preferably formed of a number of layers of paper superimposed on each other, preferably by spinning, and compressed into a solid mass, the various layers being united by a suitable cement, glue or paste whereby a very rigid wall is attained. The specific manner of forming the cylinder or body forms no part of my invention and further description will be dispensed with.-

2 indicates hoops or bands preferably also of paper and also preferably formed by superimposing their layers of paper and uniting them by cement, glue or other suitable adhesive. If desired the hoops 2 might be formed 'on the body 1 at the time of forming the cylindrical body although, by preference, the hoops are cut from a cylinder of suitable size and then afterward cemented or glued to the body 1. In either case the body and hoops being of substantially the same material and united together as described form a single unitary structure... When made as a separate piece the hoops are provided with a plurality of grooves or recesses 3 on the inner surface for the reception of the fasteners for the heads to be presently described. When formed at the same time as the body 1, the hoops at the holding the paper disk 4 while the outer flange seats on the edge of the body 1 and protects the raw edges thereof.

' of the hoops although they might engage but one if desired. One of the ends of the fasteners is clenched around the under side of one of the bands 2, the other end projecting up free of the container. The free ends pass preferably through holes in the outer flange of the head rim 5 and are turned inwardly to secure the head to the end of the body.

The fasteners for one head are separate and independent of those for the other so that each head can be secured to the body independently of the other. a

it will be understood that while but four stays or fasteners 6 are shown, any number disposed around the periphery of the body may be employed and that the manner of fastening down the parts or securing them together may be Widely modified without departing from the spirit of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.

What I claim as my invention is 1. A container comprising a paper body,

paper hoops secured upon the periphery of said container, heads within the ends of said container, and means passing through and anchored to certain of said hoops to secure one of said heads in position within said body, and separate means passing through and anchored to certain other of said hoops to secure a head within the other end of said body.

2. A paper container comprising a cylindrical paper body, a plurality of paper hoops secured upon the exterior of said body, a head within one end of said body, a plurality of fastening devices anchored to the paper body and passing through the hoop adjacent said head and through a portion of said head to secure the same within the body.

3. In a paper container in combination, a cylindrical pa er body, a paper hoo upon theexterior 0 said paper body and a j acent one end thereof, a head within said body and adjacent said hoop, and anchoring means penetrating said hoop and a portion of said head to secure said head in position within said body.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York this 6th day of June, A. D. 1912.

MAURICE LACHMAN.

Witnesses:

F. B. TOWNSEND, L. A. KELTON. 

